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From South Africa to the UK
by: Steve Ruddy, Kew at the British Museum blog05 Mar 2010
Steve posts about shipping plants from South Africa to the UK and his anxiety for their safe arrival.
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Establishing a common classification with APG III
05 Mar 2010
The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (APG) is an international group of botanists that aims to establish a common view on the classification of flowering plants, based mainly upon evidence gained from analyses of plant DNA sequences. The first APG classification was published in a ground-breaking paper in 1998. Since then the classification has been refined through two further updates.
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Kew today - Cornelian cherry
03 Mar 2010
A fabulous tree for wildlife, the early-flowering cornelian cherry is a blessing for foraging insects out and about at this time of year.
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Kew’s GIS Unit releases interactive global map of plant family and genera data
03 Mar 2010
The new map uses the latest in mapping technology to reveal more about the diversity of the world's plant life.
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Kew's Premier Friends get on course for savings
02 Mar 2010
New discount on Kew's popular lectures for Premier Friend members.
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Latin American lonely hearts
by: Kat Harrington, Library, Art and Archives blog01 Mar 2010
Find out about lonely hearts from Latin America in the Directors' Correspondence Archive Collection.
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Inside the world of Kew magazine
by: Christina Harrison, Kew magazine blog01 Mar 2010
The spring issue is now out but we're knee-deep in summer already. Find out what's in the Spring Issue of Kew magazine and how the magazine is put together.
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Exploring plant fibres - Are they fashionable and sustainable?
by: Mark Nesbitt, Economic Botany blog25 Feb 2010
Students from the London College of Fashion visit Kew's Economic Botany Collection to explore the sustainability of natural fibres.
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Making the most of Library Services at Kew
by: Craig Brough, Library, Art and Archives blog18 Feb 2010
Read about the Library's Information Services Team and find out how they can help with your questions and curiosities about the world's plant life, plant artefacts and other plant uses such as medicine.
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Kew today - hay-scented orchid
17 Feb 2010
This beautiful orchid, with its strongly-scented flowers, is flowering just in time for the Tropical Extravaganza festival.
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Banksia integrifolia
coast banksia
The genus Banksia was named in honour of Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820), who collected specimens of coast banksia whilst on Captain Cook’s circumnavigation of the globe in the Endeavour in 1768-71.
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